The Center of the World
by Wayne Wang
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Actor: Balthazar Getty, Karry Brown, Molly Parker, Peter Sarsgaard, Shane EdelmanDirector: Wayne Wang
Brand: Lions Gate
Writer: Wayne Wang
Producer: Andrew Loo
Producer: Francey Grace
Writer: Ellen Benjamin Wong
Writer: Miranda July
Writer: Paul Auster
Writer: Siri Hustvedt
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 88 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-12-18
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Lions Gate
Movie Reviews of The Center of the World
Movie Review: Boring.
Summary: 1 Stars
This movie was boring. It was a waste of my money and time. I would not even recommend watching it if you could borrow it for free. STAY AWAY!
Summary of The Center of the World
What should have been a simple cash-for-sex arrangement sends a young computer genius and a beautiful stripper on an emotionally shattering journey into their deepest erotic fantasies. Captured with raw voyeuristic intimacy its a provocative sensual tour de force. Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 05/21/2002 Starring: Molly Parker Carla Gugino Run time: 88 minutes Rating: Ur Director: Wayne WangThe titular center of the world is a matter of perspective in Wayne Wang's (The Joy Luck Club, Smoke) notorious, explicit drama of emotional isolation and sexual commerce in the modern world. According to rich, apathetic cyber-geek Peter Sarsgaard (Boys Don't Cry), it's his home computer. Amateur rock & roll drummer and part-time stripper Molly Parker (Wonderland) deems it an erotic part of the female anatomy. Their "date" is merely a sexual contract that takes them to Las Vegas, a place as phony and impersonal as their so-called romance. "You know it's just an act, right?" she reminds him between her slinky bump-and-grind striptease shows and their sweaty sexual gymnastics.
The Internet makes a great metaphor for modern social alienation, with its impersonal communication and virtual sex, but there's not much else new in this familiar story other than the erotic content. Shot on dimly lit, high-definition video, the gray, washed palette sucks the glamour and titillation right out of the spectacle, turning it into an empty, soulless exercise in physical sensation and self delusion--appropriate to this story of lonely souls unable to break through their own isolation. --Sean Axmaker
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